A decade of UK Government support leads to more than 13,000 new businesses launched by jobseekers in Scotland. New figures published today show between April 2011 and June 2020 more than 13,000 jobseekers in Scotland used support from their local Jobcentre and the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme, to launch their own business.
The Highland Council has issued a letter to all parents providing an update regarding the reopening of schools and early learning and childcare settings following the announcement made yesterday by the First Minister that the country is now in a national lockdown. All Highland schools will remain open but the only pupils who should attend are those identified as vulnerable and the children of Key Workers when no other arrangements can be made.
The Highland Council met today (7 January 2021) and took the opportunity to discuss Brexit. A number of issues arising from the UK's exit from the EU were discussed and the complexity of the situation was recognised particularly since there are a number of other concurrent issues such as COVID.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a statement at the coronavirus press conference. Good afternoon, today I'm joined by Sir Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England and Brigadier Phil Prosser, who is Commander of Military Support to the Vaccine Delivery Programme across our United Kingdom.
Stay at Home To minimise the risk of spreading the virus, you must stay at home as much as possible. By law, in a level 4 area, you can only leave your home (or garden) for an essential purpose.
Statement given by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at a media briefing in St Andrew's House, Edinburgh on Thursday 7 January 2021. Thanks for joining us again today.
A temporary ban on eviction orders will be extended until the end of March 2021. Regulations will be laid in the Scottish Parliament on 14 January to extend the current ban, which is in place at present until 22 January.
From 4am Saturday 9 January, people arriving in England from Botswana, Israel (and Jerusalem), Mauritius or Seychelles will need to self-isolate. travel restrictions extended to southern African countries from 4am Saturday 9 January (2021) to protect against the spread of a new COVID-19 variant initially detected in South Africa.
Supplementary guidance for regulated early learning and childcare and school age childcare services. Purpose and background Purpose of this guidance This guidance has been issued in response to the First Minster's announcement of 19 December 2020 and updated following her statement to Parliament on 4 January 2021.
Scottish numbers: 7 January 2021. Summary 2,649 new cases of COVID-19 reported.
The Highland Council is giving more time for people to take part in it's draft food growing strategy - Growing Our Future. The extension, until the 28 February, will allow outcomes from the up-coming Highland Good Food Conversation to be incorporated in the strategy.
The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of the second world war in 2020, millions were unemployed or furloughed, and governments pumped trillions of dollars into their economies to prevent greater damage.
2,039 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 21,101 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 10.5% of these were positive.
This article is published on The Conversation web site. Author, Nicola Power, Lecturer in Psychology, Lancaster University.
How HGV drivers get their COVID-19 test before leaving the UK for France. Kent travel update for HGVs carrying dangerous goods, 5 January 2021.
Post-transition border controls faced their first test yesterday (4 January) on the first working day of the year, but the flow of freight moving across the Dover-Calais strait remained slower than usual. France's new €50m smart border infrastructure was largely unused with traffic flowing at around a fifth of its normal level.
New facilities include super computers to track infectious diseases, airborne sensors to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, and a unique floating offshore wind testing lab. UK science facilities to be upgraded with £213 million government investment enabling researchers to respond to global challenges such as COVID-19 and climate change.
New VAT rules for overseas firms selling goods into the UK are leading some EU businesses to stop trade with the UK. VAT is now collected by HMRC at the point of sale rather than the point of importation, requiring overseas sellers to register with HMRC and account for VAT themselves, when the sale is lower than a value of £135.
Consulting on Making Scotland's Future - a draft recovery plan for manufacturing which proposes a set of actions for delivery over the next 12 months which has been designed with industry, public sector, trade union and academia. Since original publication on 4th December 2020, the consultation period has been extended and will now close on 12th February 2021.
UK-Ghana trade is in limbo with a continuity deal not agreed between the two countries before the end of the transition period. Ghana is one of many countries the UK previously had preferential trading arrangements with through its membership of the EU.
